Daniele De Rossi believes that Juventus' advantage over Roma in the Scudetto race is owed to favourable refereeing decisions.

Roma started the season the stronger and stormed off to a record-breaking 10 consecutive wins to open the campaign.

However, the Giallorossi came back down to earth with a series of draws before their 2-1 win over Fiorentina and now trail Juventus three points at the top of the Serie A table.

"Juventus have been fortunate with referees," De Rossi told the Roma Channel.

"Our goal at first was to qualify for the Champions League but now we aren't going to stop.

"We want to catch Juventus. After the first 10 games we were charged but the moment isn't over, it has just been interrupted - we came up against goalkeepers having the games of their lives and unlucky refereeing decisions.

"At the moment the team ahead of us have had the luck with the refereeing but it will even up at the end of the season."

Paul Watson

Paul Watson wrote for Football Italia for four years before fleeing to the tiny Micronesian island of Pohnpei to coach the world's lowest ranked national football team. On his return he released a book called 'Up Pohnpei' in February 2012. A documentary called The Soccermen follows in early 2014 and a feature film of the book is in production. Paul is currently head coach at a new Mongolian Premier League club and is charged with the mission of creating the strongest team in Mongolian football history.